Furthermore: Inconvenient windfall

Al Gore sells a TV network nobody watches to a terrorist-friendly network owned by a Middle Eastern oil sheik — purveyor of those foul, global-warming carbon fuels that leave pitiful bears stranded on patches of ice as the polar cap melts. In the deal, Gore pockets up to $100 million. That’s gotta be more than he made on his invention, the Internet. Delete “Al Gore, environmentalist,” insert “Al Gore, bottom-line capitalist.” Or “Al Gore, hypocrite.” Just Googled “Al Gore hypocrite.” 875.000 hits.

Flub alertThere was reference on this page Wednesday to a “$60-million” Sandy recovery appropriation working its way through Congress. That should have been, of course, billions. Millions are soooo yesteryear. Hardly even pocket change any more. It takes billions these days to get you to where the real money is — trillions. Coming up next: quadrillions.